Baddad starts aircraft maintenance at Aqaba centre

AQABA — The Baddad Company for Aviation on Saturday received the first plane at its maintenance centre in Al Hussein International Airport in Aqaba to undergo maintenance, Fatin Baddad, chairman and chief executive officer of Baddad Holding, said Sunday.

Baddad, who has recently announced the launch of the first phase of the centre's operations, added that tens of planes are expected to arrive at the centre for maintenance in the future. The centre, among the biggest private centres in the Middle East, was established on a  65,032 square metres plot of land inside the airport. The Baddad Holding has other aviation projects, including a logistics centre specialised in private aviation, a centre for tourist helicopter aviation and a centre for spare parts for different kinds of planes.